Fw: Post Doc needed at Western (Al Bregman )


Subject: Fw: Post Doc needed at Western
From:    Al Bregman  <BREGMAN(at)HEBB.PSYCH.MCGILL.CA>
Date:    Mon, 15 Jan 2001 20:46:07 -0500

Subject: Post Doc needed at Western > Postdoctoral Fellowship in Psycholinguistics & Computational Modeling > > We have funding for a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in my lab at the > University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. The stipend is for > $32,500 per year plus $2,500 per year for travel. There are no citizenship > restrictions. > > Our research focuses on the interrelated issues of noun meaning, verb > meaning, and sentence processing. Central to this work is connectionist > modeling of the computation of noun and verb meaning, as well as > competition-integration modeling of on-line sentence reading times. Our > research integrates theories and methodologies from a number of areas, > including: word recognition, concepts and categorization, sentence > processing, connectionist modeling, neuroscience, and patients with acquired > disorders. Thus, a PDF has the opportunity to participate in projects in a > number of areas of Cognitive Science. > > Our department has seven Cognition faculty, all of whom conduct research > related to language processing. Thus, our faculty and graduate students > provide a rich research environment. I am also involved in a number of > collaborations with researchers from other universities. My lab is > well-equipped for both human experimentation and computational modeling. UWO > also has a 4T magnet that is used for research only. > > London is a pleasant city of approximately 350,000, and is located 2 hours > from both Toronto and Detroit. Note that a reasonable apartment in London > costs approximately $500 per month. > > For further information on our lab and Cognition at UWO, see: > http://www.sscl.uwo.ca/psychology/cognitive/faculty.html > > If you are interested in this position, please contact Ken McRae. > > *********************************************************** > Ken McRae > Associate Professor > Department of Psychology > Social Science Centre > University of Western Ontario > London, Ontario CANADA N6A 5C2 > > email: mcrae(at)uwo.ca > http://www.sscl.uwo.ca/psychology/cognitive/mcrae/mcrae.html > phone: (519) 661-2111 ext. 84688 fax: (519) 661-3961 > *********************************************************** > > > DISCLAIMER > > BBCS distributes the preceding advertisement as a service to its > members and to the community. BBCS is not responsibile for the > wording or content of this advertisement and its distribution does > not constitute an endorsement by BBCS. All correspondence > concerning this advertisement should be directed to the contact > name identified in the advertisement. > ==================================================== >


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